Odd one out Dvorie was twenty-six years old when she came to Kav L’Noar. She had moved out of the family home several years prior.  She...

Family Relationships Uriel had lived with his father, stepmother, sister and step-siblings for ten years. He also had two brothers who...

Q: My school aged child is having trouble making friends. How can I help him improve his social skills? A: As the world of play and...

Social Cues: Unwritten Social Rules Ever since she was tiny, Sarit had been the sort of girl that other people found it hard to relate...

Wedding Fever Keren was engaged to be married to a boy she’d known almost all her life. When they were old enough to move their childhood...

Rafi lived in Jerusalem with his parents, Yigal and Dafna, and three sisters. His parents split up when he was 11, and his father then...

Question: ‘I’m a teacher in a Gap-Year Program in Israel. How much do teachers need to know about mental health issues?’ Over the last 20...

Therapy is not for people like me Yonit was very, very embarrassed to be in the Kav L’Noar therapist’s office. “Therapy should be for...

The runt of the litter Meni grew up as the youngest child in a large, religious family filled with anger and rage. He saw his father...

Negative Parenting Zehava was surrounded by tension and negativity during her childhood in Montreal. Her father would refer to his sons...